An incomplete list of extinct animals of the United States. This list covers only extinctions since the year 1500.

Fish

• Longjaw cisco , Great Lakes, 1970s
• Deepwater cisco , Great Lakes, 1950s
• Blackfin cisco , Great Lakes, 1960s
• Yellowfin cutthroat trout , Colorado, 1910
• Silver trout , New Hampshire, 1930s
• Thicktail chub , California, 1957
• Pahrangat spinedace , Nevada, 1940
• Phantom shiner , New Mexico,Texas, Mexico, 1975
• Bluntnose shiner , New Mexico,Texas, 1964
• Clear Lake splittail , California, 1970
• Las Vegas dace , Nevada, 1950s
• Snake River sucker , Wyoming, 1928
• Harelip sucker , Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, 1900
• Tecopa pupfish, California, 1942
• Shoshone pupfish , California, 1966
• Raycraft Ranch killifish , Nevada, 1960
• Pahrump Ranch killifish , Nevada, 1956
• Ash Meadows killifish , Nevada, 1957
• Whiteline topminnow , Alabama, 1900
• Amistad gambusia , Texas
• Blue pike, Great Lakes, 1971
• Utah Lake sculpin , Utah, 1928
• Lake Ontario kiyi , New York, 1967
• Alvord cutthroat , Nevada, Oregon, 1940
• Maravillas red shiner , Texas, 1960
• Independence Valley tui chub , Nevada, 1970
• Banff longnose dace , Alberta, 1982
• Grass Valley speckled dace , Nevada, 1950
• San Marcos gambusia , Texas, 1983
• Large-beaked shark

Amphibians

• Relict leopard frog , Arizona, Nevada, Utah, 1960
• Golden coqui , Puerto Rico, 1980s
• Web-footed coqui , Puerto Rico, 1980s

Reptiles

• St. Croix racer , Alsophis sancticrucis , St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 1900s

Birds

Source for species marked with "(§)" is National Audubon Society's The Sibley Guide to Birds:

• Oahu Akepa , Hawaii, 1893
• Lanai Akialoa , Hawaii, 1894
• Oahu Akialoa , Hawaii, 1837
• Hawaii Akialoa , Hawaii, 1895
• Greater Amakihi , Hawaii, 1900
• Laysan Apapane , Hawaii, 1923
• Spectacled Cormorant, Aleutian Islands, 1850
• Kusaie Crake , Caroline Islands, 1828
• Lanai Creeper , Hawaii, 1937
• Eskimo Curlew, Texas, 1962 (§)
• Labrador Duck, New York, 1878 (§)
• Greater Kona Finch , Hawaii, 1896
• Kona Finch , Hawaii, 1894
• Lesser Kona Finch , Hawaii, 1891
• Heath Hen, Massachusetts, 1931 (§)
• Kioea , Hawaii, 1859
• Black Mamo , Hawaii, 1907
• Hawaiian Mamo , Hawaii, 1898
• Laysan Millerbird , Hawaii, 1923
• Oahu Nukupu'um , Hawaii, 1860
• Hawaii Oo , Hawaii, 1934
• Oahu Oo , Hawaii, 1837
• Molokai Oo , Hawaii, 1915
• Virgin Islands Screech Owl , Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, 1980
• Mauge's Parakeet , Puerto Rico, 1892
• Carolina Parakeet, Missouri, 1905 (§)
• Louisiana Parakeet , South-central U.S., 1912
• Culebra Puerto Rican Parrot , Culebra Island, 1899
• Passenger Pigeon, Ohio, 1900 (§)
• Laysan Rail, Hawaii, 1944
• Hawaiian Brown Rail , Hawaii, 1964
• Hawaiian Spotted Rail , Hawaii, 1893
• Wake Island Rail , Wake Island, 1945
• Santa Barbara Song Sparrow, California, 1967
• Dusky Seaside Sparrow , Florida, 1990
• Texas Henslow's Sparrow , Texas, 1983
• Amak Song Sparrow , Alaska, 1980
• Dusty Seaside Sparrow , Florida, 1980 (§)
• Kusaie Starling , Caroline Islands, 1828
• Lanai Thrush , Hawaii, 1931
• Oahu Thrush , Hawaii, 1825
• Edgington's Lesser Titmouse , continental U.S., 1900
• Ula-ai-hawane , Hawaii, 1892
• Bachman's Warbler, South Carolina, 1962 (§)
• Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Louisiana, mid-1950s (though a search continues) (§)
• San Clemente Bewick's Wren , California, 1927

Mammals

• Puerto Rican shrew, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Puerto Rican long-nosed bat , Puerto Rico, 1900?
• Puerto Rican long-tongued bat , Puerto Rico, 1900?
• Puerto Rican ground sloth , Puerto Rico, 1500
• Penasco chipmunk , New Mexico, 1980
• Tacoma pocket gopher, Washington, 1970
• Goff's pocket gopher , Florida, 1955
• Sherman's pocket gopher , Georgia, 1950
• Pallid beach mouse, Florida, 1946
• Giant deer mouse , Channel Islands, California, 1870
• Chadwick Beach cottonmouth , Florida, 1950?
• Gull Island vole, New York, 1898
• Louisiana vole , Louisiana, Texas, 1905
• Puerto Rican hutia , Puerto Rico, 1500
• Puerto Rican paca , Puerto Rico, 1500
• Lesser Puerto Rican agouti , Puerto Rico, 1500
• Greater Puerto Rican agouti , Puerto Rico, 1500
• Atlantic gray whale, Atlantic Coast, 1750
• Southern California kit fox, California, 1903
• Florida red wolf , Southeastern United States, 1925
• Texas red wolf, Oklahoma, Texas, 1970
• Kenai Peninsula wolf , Alaska, 1910
• Newfoundland wolf , Newfoundland, 1911
• Banks Island wolf , Banks and Victoria Islands, 1920
• Cascade Mountains wolf , British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, 1940
• Northern Rocky Mountain wolf , Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, 1940
• Mongollon Mountains wolf , Arizona, New Mexico, 1942
• Texas gray wolf , New Mexico, Texas, 1942
• Great Plains wolf , Great Plains, 1926
• Southern Rocky Mountains wolf , West-central United States, 1935
• California grizzly bear, California, 1925
• Sea mink, New Brunswick, New England, 1890
• Wisconsin cougar , North-central United States, 1925
• Caribbean monk seal, Florida, 1960
• Steller's Sea Cow, Alaska, 1768
• Eastern elk , Central and eastern North America, 1880
• Merriam's elk , Southwestern United States, 1906
• Badlands bighorn , Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, 1910